Entries from The Worldwide Standard
April 24: The US State Department is "supportive" of Pakistan's negotiations with the Taliban.
April 22: MNF-I changes its tune on the Mahdi Army.
April 22: Sadrists attempt to negotiate an end offensive in Sadr City.
April 18: The Iraqi Army reinforces a position with armor in Sadr City.
April 16: An Iraqi Army company defects, but the New York Times misses the real story.
April 16: The "squeezed" Taliban hold a convention.
April 14: Sadr admits he called for Iraqi troops to rebel.
April 13: The Iraqi security forces dismissals should be put into perspective.
April 11: Sadr still has an out.
April 10: How Did Sadr Win in Basra?
April 9: Assessing the War in Iraq: Round Two.
April 7: Iranian Agents Directed Operations in Basrah.
April 6: Iraqi Government Moves to Ban Sadrists.
April 4: The Press botches Basrah.
April 3: Sadr calls for the release Iranian Special Groups agent Qais Qazali.
April 3: Iraqi Army Recruits in Basrah.
April 1: Senator Obama's plan for counterterrorism mission in Iraq contradicts the recommendations in 2007 NIE.
March 31: Iran's Qods Force pulls Sadr's strings.
March 28: It is too soon to judge the progress or failure of operations against the Mahdi Army. Plus, the US Army denies the Mahdi Army took over checkpoints in Baghdad.
February 14:
Al Masri calls for jihad in Israel, but he should be more concerned about Iraq.
February 7:
Today's raid in Sadr City sends yet another message to Muqtada.
February 7:
Al Qaeda uses women, children, and the mentally handicapped to destroy civil societies.
February 5:
Iran's "stealth" fighter: real or make believe?
February 4:
The Iranian-backed Special Groups terror cells are still active in Iraq.
February 1:
Mullah Nazir continues to demonstrate he is tied to the Taliban.
January 30:
Was an al Qaeda senior leader killed in North Waziristan? Past reports haven't lived up to expectations.
January 29:
Pakistan admits it is fighting an insurgency in the tribal areas but the problem is bigger than that.
January 28:
Why is CJTF-82 weighing in on a matter of free speech in Holland?
January 27:
Egypt recognizes the destruction of the southern Gaza border wall poses a threat.
January 25:
The destruction of the southern Gaza wall puts Egypt in the crosshairs.
January 25:
President Hamid Karzai blames the Brits for the problems in Afghanistan's Helmand province.
January 24:
Suicide bombers and work accidents.
January 22:
No Deaths in MRAPs in Iraq?. The New York Time gets it wrong.
January 21:
A Sadr spokesman said Iraq is targeting the Mahdi Army.
January 7:
Negotiating with the Taliban: Nobody wins.
December 28:
The "Pakistani government has changed the story on how Bhutto was killed three times, but evidence suggests she was shot.
December 26:
The "spy plane" found in Basrah is an American Raven UAV.
December 26:
The British have conducted high level talks with the Taliban over the summer, despite denials by Prime Minister Brown.
December 18:
The Pakistani military is bearing the brunt of Taliban insurgency.
December 17:
Muqtada al Sadr goes back to school and takes up Iran's brand of theocratic Islam.
December 13:
An ambush in North Waziristan highlights Taliban control of the tribal agency.
December 12:
Afghanistan: Coalition warfare, counterinsurgency limitations, and Pakistan's role in the insurgency.
December 7:
Afghan and ISAF forces have launched the assault on the Taliban stronghold of Musa Qala..
December 7:
Pakistani troops capture Fazlullah's compound and discover a makeshift prison and liquor.
December 5:
The Taliban are moving on Peshawar.
December 3:
Nawaz Sharif is linked to Osama bin Laden by a senior al Qaeda operative. Again.
November 30:
A report who claimed his family was murdered in Baghdad is proven wrong. The media should have caught this sooner.
November 30:
Another Sunni politician is implicated in involvment with the Suni insurgency.
November 29:
The Pakistani army is in a stalemate in Swat as General Kiyani is pressured to halt the fighting.
November 28:
Musharraf may end the state of emergency after taking the oath of president.
November 27:
Is the Iraqi Army preparing for a showdown with the Mahdi Army in Basra?
November 26:
The Pakistani army begins the ground offensive in Swat. Will it end in Taliban defeat or another "peace accord?"
November 19:
Iraqi Security Forces take on the Mahdi Army in Diwaniyah. Over a division of Iraqi troops and a US brigade move on the southern city.
November 16:
A new bin Laden sighting appears in the Italian press.
November 14:
The US US killed Al Qaeda in Iraq's emir in Tarmiyah. Is Abu Ayyub al Masri next?
November 6:
The US military will release nine Iranians captured in Iraq, including two Qods force agents captured in Irbil.
November 2:
Excusing Iran for murdering US troops in Iraq ignores the history of the regime.
October 31:
Has a Taliban tribe switched sides in Musa Qala?
October 29:
Another ceasefire is in effect in Swat, as the Pakistani military took heavy casualties during four days of fighting.
October 26:
"Iraq was Al Qaeda's greatest achievement and its greatest failure."
October 25:
NATO members are failing to failing to live up to their commitments in Afghanistan.
October 24:
Osama bin Laden said IED attacks are failing due to "Negligence."
October 23:
Pakistan invites the Taliban and Gulbadin Hekmartyr to attend a peace jirga in Islamabad.
